Several sensitive Mexican files, including previously undisclosed information that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was taken to hospital by air ambulance in January with a heart problem, were stolen by hackers in a cyberattack, the government said Friday.

"It's true, there was a cyberattack. I understand that this same group has already done the same thing in other countries," President Lopez Obrador said at his daily news conference.

Prominent journalist Carlos Loret de Mola had reported on Thursday that a hacker group called Guacamaya had obtained tens of thousands of emails dating from 2016 to September 2022 from the defense ministry.

The files revealed that Lopez Obrador, 68, was taken by air ambulance on January 2 from his ranch in Palenque to be treated at a military hospital in Mexico City, Loret de Mola said.

"Everything that is said there is true," Lopez Obrador, who suffered a heart attack in 2013, told reporters.

"The ambulance that went to Palenque in early January was because there was a risk of a heart attack and they took me to the hospital and recommended a catheterization," he said.

The information that Lopez Obrador had undergone a cardiac catheterization procedure during a routine check-up on January 21 was divulged two weeks later.

"In this procedure, the president's heart and arteries were found to be healthy and functioning properly," the interior ministry said.

"No other type of intervention was necessary and it was a brief procedure that lasted about 30 minutes," the statement added.&nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)

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Several sensitive Mexican files, including previously undisclosed information that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was taken to hospital by air ambulance in January with a heart problem, were stolen by hackers in a cyberattack, the government said Friday.

Several sensitive Mexican files, including previously undisclosed information that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was taken to hospital by air ambulance in January with a heart problem, were stolen by hackers in a cyberattack, the government said Friday. "It's true, there was a cyberattack. I understand that this same group has already done the same thing in other countries," President Lopez Obrador said at his daily news conference. Prominent journalist Carlos Loret de Mola had reported on Thursday that a hacker group called Guacamaya had obtained tens of thousands of emails dating from 2016 to September 2022 from the defense ministry. The files revealed that Lopez Obrador, 68, was taken by air ambulance on January 2 from his ranch in Palenque to be treated at a military hospital in Mexico City, Loret de Mola said. "Everything that is said there is true," Lopez Obrador, who suffered a heart attack in 2013, told reporters. "The ambulance that went to Palenque in early January was because there was a risk of a heart attack and they took me to the hospital and recommended a catheterization," he said. The information that Lopez Obrador had undergone a cardiac catheterization procedure during a routine check-up on January 21 was divulged two weeks later. "In this procedure, the president's heart and arteries were found to be healthy and functioning properly," the interior ministry said. "No other type of intervention was necessary and it was a brief procedure that lasted about 30 minutes," the statement added. (With inputs from agencies)

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Mexico: Several sensitive files stolen in cyberattack, including those about president's health scare